Research/Case Study - Contents Page - Clash Magazine (re-draft)

The Contents page of Clash Magazine

• There is no image on the contents page as it is a magazine on music, fashion and film. So it will look a bit messy and disorganised if there we images of all parts of the magazine. 
• The masthead of this page is the 'contents' the way it is laid out is like the letters are mirroring one another. I think this is done so that the contents page has its own edginess and it is unique because magazines would normally write it plain. 
• Each header is underlined into categories and the pages are numbered and it is going down the page so it is simple, the gutters is the separation between each category and I think it is shown by the headers of each section being in capital letters.
• The pages are in numerical order which is good because the pages will be easy to find and it shows that the magazine editor and designer did not want the audience to be going back and forth in the magazine. Each section is separated from one another and they do not want to bore the audience so if the section is big they put other things in between and then go back to it.
• The colour scheme is the same as the front cover as it is black and white as well. I think this is because on the front cover it says "1975" and in the 70's I do not think that colour would have been able to be put on every magazine or newspaper.  
• The font is all the same throughout. Also the font looks like it will be for an older audience because the font is not simple and plain it is made to fit the theme. The way the text is aligned is also fitting the theme of simplicity because it is all on left hand side going down.
• The edition of the magazine is at the top of the page. Notifying the audience as it is not written on the front cover so the next place to look would either be on the back of the magazine or the contents page because the contents page is like an information section because it lets you know where you can find things.
• It is all laid out in the middle of the page and there is a white border. Having a white border also goes along with the colour scheme and makes it look classy and like it is in the 70's because they would not have used any patterns.
• I still do not think that the contents page is not giving any clues as to what the genre could be of this magazine as there are no images or vibrant colours used.